وَ لَكِنَّ الرَّجُلَ كُلَّ الرَّجُلِ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعاً لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَ قُوَاهُ مَبْذُولَةً فِي رِضَى اللَّهِ يَرَى الذُّلَّ مَعَ الْحَقِّ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى عِزِّ الْأَبَدِ مِنَ الْعِزِّ فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ قَلِيلَ مَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ مِنْ ضَرَّائِهَا يُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَى دَوَامِ النَّعِيمِ فِي دَارٍ لَا تَبِيدُ وَ لَا تَنْفَدُ وَ أَنَّ كَثِيرَ مَا يَلْحَقُهُ مِنْ سَرَّائِهَا إِنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ يُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَى عَذَابٍ لَا انْقِطَاعَ لَهُ وَ لَا يَزُولُ فَذَلِكُمُ الرَّجُلُ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ فَبِهِ فَتَمَسَّكُوا وَ بِسُنَّتِهِ فَاقْتَدُوا وَ إِلَی رَبِّكُمْ بِهِ فَتَوَسَّلُوا فَإِنَّهُ لَا تُرَدُّ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ وَ لَا تُخَيَّبُ لَهُ طَلِبَةٌ ١.
"and that He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the idolatrous men and idolatrous women, who think evil thoughts of God. Upon them be the evil turn of fortune; God is angry with them and has cursed them and has prepared Hell for them — and an evil destination it is!" But the complete and excellent man is he who has made his lower desire follow the command of God and expends his strength in the way of God's pleasure. He reckons abasement that goes with the truth nearer to everlasting honour than honour in the way of falsehood, and he knows that bearing a little harm brings about the lasting of blessing in the world to come, which has no end, and that joy that goes with following the lower desire ends in a punishment that does not pass away. Take that complete man as your example and follow his way; seek access to God through him, for his prayer is answered, his request granted, and he will not be disappointed.
«11»- ج، الإحتجاج بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عليهما السلام إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.
Al-Ihtijaj: Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, related the above hadith from Imam al-Sajjad, peace be upon him.
بيان: قوله عليه السلام فإذا لم ينزل عالم إلى عالم من باب الإفعال أو التفعيل أي إذا لم يعلم العالم علمه إما للتقية أو لعدم قابلية المتعلمين فمات ذلك العالم صرف طلاب حطام الدنيا الناس عن العلم لقلة أعوان العلم و يمنعون الحق أهله لذهاب أنصار الحق قوله عليه السلام المنتحلين مودتنا فيه تعريض بهم إذ الانتحال ادعاء أمر من غير الاتصاف به حقيقة و يحتمل أن يكون المراد الذين اتخذوا مودتنا نحلتهم و دينهم قوله عليه السلام تفلتت منهم الأحاديث أي فات و ذهب منهم حفظ الأحاديث و أعجزهم ضبط السنة فلم يقدروا عليه قوله عليه السلام فاتخذوا عباد اللّٰه خولا قال الجزري في حديث أبي هريرة إذا بلغ بنو أبي العاص ثلاثين كان عباد اللّٰه خولا أي خدما و عبيدا يعنی أنهم يستخدمونهم و يستعبدونهم قوله عليه السلام و ماله دولا أي يتداولونه بينهم و قوله أشباه الكلاب نعت للخلق قوله عليه السلام و تمثلوا أي تشبهوا بهم و ادعوا منزلتهم قوله عليه السلام فأنفوا أي تكبروا و استنكفوا قوله عليه السلام سمته و هديه قال الفيروزآبادي السمت الطريق و هيئة أهل الخير و قال الهدی الطريقة و السيرة قوله عليه السلام و تماوت قال الفيروزآبادي المتماوت الناسك المرائي و قال الجزري يقال تماوت الرجل إذا أظهر من نفسه التخافت و التضاعف من العبادة و الزهد و الصوم قوله عليه السلام و تخاضع أي أظهر الخضوع في جميع حركاته قوله فرويدا أي أمهل و تأن و لا تبادر إلى متابعته
Elucidation: "Fa-idha lam yunzil 'alimun ila 'alim" — "lam yunzil" is from the fourth or the second form; that is, when a scholar does not teach his knowledge, whether out of dissimulation or because the learners are not fit for it, and then that scholar dies, those who seek the worthless goods of this world turn people away from that knowledge because the helpers of knowledge are few, and bar the truth from those worthy of it because the truth's supporters are gone. "Al-muntahilin mawaddatana": this phrase is in truth by way of allusion, since "intihal" means to lay claim to something without being characterised by it; and it may possibly mean: those who have made our love their religion and creed. "Tafallatat minhum al-ahadith": that is, the memorising of the hadiths slipped from their grasp and the recording of the Sunna proved too much for them, so they have no power over it. "Fa-ttakhadhu 'ibad Allah khawalan": al-Jazari says, in the hadith of Abu Hurayra it is related: When the sons of Abu al-'As reach thirty, they take God's servants as their servants and slaves — that is, they take God's servants into service and bondage. "Wa malahu duwalan": that is, they pass the wealth of God's servants from hand to hand among themselves. "Ashbah al-kilab" is a description of the people. "Tamaththalu": they liken themselves to the truthful Imams and claim their rank and station. "Fa-anifu": that is, they are proud and disdainful. "Samtihi wa hadyihi": al-Fayruzabadi says: "al-samt" means the way and conduct of the people of good; "al-hady" means conduct and manner. "Tamawata": al-Fayruzabadi says: "al-mutamawit" means an ostentatious worshipper. Al-Jazari says: "tamawata al-rajul" is said when a man multiplies his worship, asceticism and fasting and displays them while pretending to hide them. "Takhada'a": that is, he displayed humility and submissiveness in all his movements. "Fa-ruwaydan": that is, give it time, go slowly, and in following